Green Airless Tires from Bridgestone – Coming Soon?

December 12th, 2011 by Charis Michelsen

Bridgestone Announces Airless Eco-Tires (via Gas 2.0)

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About the Author

Charis Michelsen spent 7 years living in Germany and Japan, studying both languages extensively, doing translation and education with companies like Bosch, Nissan, Fuji Heavy, and others. Charis has a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. She also believes that Janeway was the best Star Trek Captain.

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cswint25

THANKS BRIDGESTONE FOR PURSUING AIRLESS TIRE TECHNOLOGY!

RUBBER TIRES ARE SO OUTDATED!

AIRLESS TIRES WILL GO ALONG PERFECT WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES!!!
dopeslice

boy, non-greenies look for any excuse don’t they?
Guest

“allowing the tires to be recycled with little more difficulty than current traditional tires.”

“Little more difficulty”? This is the definition of green?
Anonymous

Your links both go to unrelated sites–you might want to double-check them.
http://twitter.com/RexScientiarum Eccentric scientist

They have been saying these are just around the corner for several years now. Still, if they are designing manufacturing methods then they might finally be here in the next 3 or so years. I’d buy them if they were cost competitive and had comparable performance. In fact I would probably prefer them for the reasons given above.